A Peebles soldier

Item

Title

A Peebles soldier

Who?

John Veitch

Item(s)

Photos, badges (including a Royal Scots cap badge, Imperial Service badge), signed receipt for Pte J. Veitch’s 1914 star, copy of History of the 8th Btn. Royal Scots, published after the war.

Story

Pte John Veitch, 8th Btn. Royal Scots, 7342 Regt, H Coy, Peebles. John features in both photographs; one with his wife, the other one with an unknown Sergeant.

John Veitch served throughout the war, survived after Festaubert, Somme, Neuve Chapelle, 1916 & 18; 3rd Ypres, Arras, 1918 offensive, the Last 100 Days. He was attached to pioneers in summer 1915 and was fighting infantry again in 1918.

After the war, John joined Lothian & Borders Constabulary, and was still serving as a P.C. in the Second World War. The attached photos were found in an Edinburgh second-hand shop.

When?

1914-18

Where?

Peebles and the Western Front

Contributor

John Duncan

Collection Day

Edinburgh 03.10.18

This item was submitted on March 24, 2019